diff --git a/changelog/772.mics.rst b/changelog/772.mics.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07f37afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/772.mics.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove dependency on external importlib_metadata on Python 3.10.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dc949f20..fb2b9a27 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ install_requires=
     requests >= 2.20
     requests-toolbelt >= 0.8.0, != 0.9.0
     tqdm >= 4.14
-    importlib_metadata >= 3.6
+    importlib_metadata >= 3.6; python_version<"3.10"
     keyring >= 15.1
     rfc3986 >= 1.4.0
     colorama >= 0.4.3
diff --git a/twine/__init__.py b/twine/__init__.py
index d1b590b3..52d802cd 100644
--- a/twine/__init__.py
+++ b/twine/__init__.py
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2019 Donald Stufft and individual contributors"
 
-import importlib_metadata
+import sys
 
-metadata = importlib_metadata.metadata("twine")
+if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 10):
+    from importlib.metadata import metadata as _metadata
+else:
+    from importlib_metadata import metadata as _metadata
+
+metadata = _metadata("twine")
 
 
 __title__ = metadata["name"]
diff --git a/twine/cli.py b/twine/cli.py
index 5f7162db..582226c8 100644
--- a/twine/cli.py
+++ b/twine/cli.py
@@ -12,10 +12,15 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import argparse
+import sys
 from typing import Any, List, Tuple
 
-from importlib_metadata import entry_points
-from importlib_metadata import version
+if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 10):
+    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
+    from importlib.metadata import version
+else:
+    from importlib_metadata import entry_points
+    from importlib_metadata import version
 
 import twine
 
diff --git a/twine/package.py b/twine/package.py
index a2da7612..3d4faf45 100644
--- a/twine/package.py
+++ b/twine/package.py
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
+import sys
 from typing import Dict, NamedTuple, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
-import importlib_metadata
+if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 10):
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata
+
 import pkginfo
 
 from twine import exceptions